Interprofessional Education Course

The Clarkson College Interprofessional Education (IPE) course offers insight into how health care and community professionals can collaborate by developing more effective communication and leadership skills resulting in positive outcomes. The online, self-paced format consists of five modules that can be completed on your own schedule.

Learners will optimize their roles within an interdisciplinary team by completing modules that are designed to provide an overview of health care and community professionals’ roles and responsibilities. Additional training touches upon cultural competence, health disparities, health literacy, biomedical ethics and compassion. Diverse learning methods including short lectures, videos, handouts, activities and self-evaluation quizzes are incorporated into the curriculum.

Download Interprofessional Education (IPE) Course Handout

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Timeline

Participants have until the end of the current calendar year to complete all course activities. 

  • Modules 1-4 include brief lectures, videos and activities.
  • Module 5 IPE in Practice - Participants will complete one pre-approved IPE activity along with a self-reflection.

Getting Started

Participants must complete the following steps to gain access to the IPE course. You will not be able to access the course or submit assignments until completing this process.

IPE course cost: $99

Step 1: Click on the link to enroll in the IPE course. If you are a Radiography or Medical Imaging professional, please use the ASRT-approved course (both courses open January 1, 2024).

Step 2: As a first-time enrollee, you will be asked to join the Clarkson College Canvas Catalog. Doing so will automatically generate a confirmation email from notifications@instructure.com.

Step 3: You will receive an email to enroll in the IPE course from notifications@instructure.com. This email contains an embedded link that will take you directly to the course landing page. We recommend saving this email and book marking the course page for easy access in the future.


Continuing Education Credit

Professionals who complete the course have the opportunity to earn contact hours and will receive a certificate of completion.

Nursing

9.0 contact hours will be awarded upon meeting requirements for successful completion.

Clarkson College Professional Development is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Midwest Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Social Work

This program meets the criteria of an approved continuing education program for certified social workers or certified master social workers for 9.0 contact hours.  

Mental Health

Programs approved by the Midwest Multistate Division are acceptable for continuing education for clinical psychologists and licensed mental health practitioners by the state of Nebraska.  

Education Hours

Clarkson College Professional Development assigns education hours based on 60 minutes of didactic or clinical instruction for each educational activity. Participants may use these for their professional continuing education hours and toward re-licensure if so approved within the standards and guidelines of their disciple. 9.0 education hours were awarded for this educational activity.  

Physical Therapist/Physical Therapist Assistant

This is a self-paced, online course, which qualifies as a "home study" course by the Nebraska DHHS. "A Nebraska licensee or certificate holder may complete a maximum of ten (10) hours of continuing education by home study each 24-month renewal period." Course participants may retain course documentation (certificate of completion) for their records and include it in their CEU earnings in a given renewal period.    

 

Other Health Care Providers

Each professional is accountable to understand his or her accrediting/licensing body's standards and requirements. The definitive source of information on continuing education requirements is your state or national regulatory board. It is the participant's responsibility to keep all certificates of completion in their personal records for re-licensure/re-certification purposes.  

For more information about IPE at Clarkson College, visit ClarksonCollege.edu/IPE.